Simple Lua question

[Ion123]

Hello,

My question is how can I do an "antidote" for something like:

-- This is one Weapon
[lua]
/* Here's a Timer, that never stops giving damage to the player, lets say that it gives 3 damage each second. */

if ent:antidote(true) then
timer.Destroy(timer_name)
end

function Damage(stuff)
antidote(false)
..
end
[/lua]

--This is other Weapon (Antidote)
[lua]
...
ent:antidote(true)
...

[/lua]

The game says "antidote" is a nil value on the First Weapon

Im ready to get rated dumb... I just want to learn

Thanks.

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[Netheous]

Post the whole code and whole error.
"is a nil value" is mostly caused when you call serverside functions clientside and in reverse.

[Ion123]

[QUOTE=Netheous;40183647]Post the whole code and whole error.
"is a nil value" is mostly caused when you call serverside functions clientside and in reverse.[/QUOTE]

Actually my real doubt is, how can I do something like, if "a = true" then timer stop

Like make a random variable like a, b, or wasd...

[Bearklaw_]

[QUOTE=Ion123;40183690]Actually my real doubt is, how can I do something like, if "a = true" then timer stop[/QUOTE]

You could use a loop rather than a timer, for something to loop until something is achieved, such as...

 
local i = 1
while a[i] do
      print(a[i])
      i = i + 1
end

Also, = sets a value of a variable from right to left, == returns a boolean, so that'd be what you want to use in a if statement for your logic.

[MakeR]

[QUOTE=Bearklaw_;40183732]You could use a loop rather than a timer, for something to loop until something is achieved, such as...

 
local i = 1
while a[i] do
      print(a[i])
      i = i + 1
end

Also, = sets a value of a variable from right to left, == returns a boolean, so that'd be what you want to use in a if statement for your logic.[/QUOTE]

A loop would cause the game to freeze until the condition is reached.

[Ion123]

Ok I'll try to explain myself in other way...

[lua]
function DamageTimer(ent, timer_name)
if IsValid(ent) then
ent:TakeDamage(3)
elseif ent:antidote(true) then
timer.Destroy(timer_name)
end
end

function DamageTarget(path)
local ent = path.Entity

local tn = Format("info", ent:EntIndex(), math.ceil(CurTime()))

timer.Create(tn,
2,
20,
function()
DamageTimer(ent, tn)
end)
end

-- This is not the all code but I think You get the idea
[/lua]

And I want ONE weapon to make "ent:antidote(true)"

[TurbomanAlco]

[QUOTE=Ion123;40183606]The game says "antidote" is a nil value on the First Weapon[/QUOTE]

Well first of all ent:antidote() isn't even a valid code. So of coarse it's going to return nil, unless you have a function somewhere else called ENT:antidote(bool). You might want something more like ent.antidote = your bool. This will allow the variable antidote to be specific to the entity, which is what I think you're trying to do. So it should look something more like this:

[lua]
--Put this somewhere where you want to have the antidote activated
ent.antidote = true

function DamageTimer(ent, timer_name)
if IsValid(ent) then
if ent.antitdote then
timer.Destroy(timer_name)
else
ent:TakeDamage(3)
end
end
end
[/lua]